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Seismic activity along the San Andreas fault line could trigger a devastating earthquake in California by 2030
CNN   06 July 2019   USA   California  
<p>(CNN) Residents of Southern California are on high alert after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked communities near the Mojave Desert on Friday, just one day after a 6.4-magnitude quake occurred in the same area.<br>The United States Geological Survey (USGS) ...
Geologists detail likely site of San Andreas Fault's next major quake
Science Daily   26 June 2018   USA   California  
Credit: Susanne Jänecke/USU
<p>Geologists identify the San Andreas Fault's 'Durmid Ladder' structure, a a nearly 15.5-mile-long, sheared zone with two, nearly parallel master faults and hundreds of smaller, rung-like cross faults that could be the site of the region's next major earthquake.</p ...
M=3.5 earthquake strikes near creeping San Andreas and Calaveras Faults
temblor.net   01 February 2017   United States   Americas  
The San Andreas Fault cuts through DeRose Winery in Hollister, CA. The resulting creep (steady slip) has progressively offset this culvert over the past 30 years. (Photo from geologycafe.com)
<p>At 9:35 p.m. local time last night (January 30), a small M=3.5 earthquake shook the city of Hollister, CA, and was felt as far away as Santa Cruz and Monterey. According to the USGS ShakeMap, only light shaking was felt, and around 300 people recorded feeling ...
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Scientist says the San Andreas fault is "locked, loaded, and ready to roll"
Sience Alert   05 May 2016   USA   California  
San Andreas fault
<p>California's San Andreas fault has been quiet for far too long and is overdue for a major earthquake, a leading geoscientist has announced. In a conference this week, the state was warned to prepare for a potential earthquake as strong as magnitude 8.0. ...
Earthquake threat to California may be greater than thought, warn scientists
The Guardian   11 March 2016   USA   California  
San Andreas fault in California. Photograph: Lloyd Cluff/Corbis
<p>Latest research suggests that the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults might have ruptured together in the past, and may again trigger more powerful destruction.</p><p>Measuring the level of threat posed by severe earthquakes that could bring havoc to southern ...
Balancing rocks trace history of 'jumping' earthquakes
BBC NEWS   04 August 2015   USA   California  
The teetering rocks sit less than 10km from two major faults
<p>US scientists say they have solved the riddle of why a collection of balancing rocks near the San Andreas fault has never been toppled by earthquakes. Their decade-long study concludes that quakes can stop or "jump" due to interactions between the San Andreas ...
Filed under: Natural Hazards